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W. H. SEKRIT.

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n APPLICATION FILED APR.2B,1913.

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W. H. SEKRIT'.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. ze, 1913.

1,1 12,567. Patented 001.631.914.

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WILLTAM H. SEKRIT, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CRIB. i l: y 'i l" Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Apr128, 1913.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

serial No. 764,229.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. Snnnrr, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cribs, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. I

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in cribs and has for its primary object to provide a crib having a. screen cover formed in sections, o ne of which may be readily swung upon its hinge to open position.

Another object is to provide a device of this character including a screen body portion and a sectional screen cover which when in closed position completely covers the body of the crib and protects the infant from flies etc.

A further object is to provide a crib of this character which will be of extremely simple construction and highly efficient in use as well as sanitary and which will be formed in such manner that one section of the cover may be readily swung to open position over the remaining` section, when desired.

Another object is to generally improve and simplify the construction of a device of this character and increase the efficiency and durability of the same.

With the above and other objects in view as will be hereinafter, clearly apparent, my invention consists in certain novel details of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts as shall be hereinafter more clearly described in the specication, and pointed out in the claim and shown in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure l is an end elevational view of my device, showing the movable cover section in dotted lines in its raised positions. Fig. 2 is a side elevational view partly in section. Fig. 3 is a top plan view with parts broken away. Fig. A is an enlarged fragmentary detail'view of one corner of the movable cover section. Fig. 5 is a detail view of another corner of the cover section, showing one end of the angle plate having one edge thereof for engagement over the adjacent edge of the stationary cover section. Eig. 6

is an enlarged perspective view, showing the manner in which the lower horizontal portions of the end members of the movable and stationary cover sections are overlapped and connected.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, l designates the end frame members of the body of the crib and 2 the side frame members, and it will be understood that the frame is preferably of rectangular form. The end frame members are provided with suitable bracing strips 3 extending vertically from the lower rail to the upper rail of 'each end fra-me member while the side frame members 2 are provided with similar bracing strips 4L connecting the lower and upper rails of said side frame members. It will be seen that each end frame member l and side member 2 is provided with a section of wire mesh or screen 5 between the upper and lower and end rails thereof, the purposes of which will presently be clearly apparent. The bottom frame member 6 of the body of the crib carries the springs 7 which may be of the form shown or of any other suitable or preferred form. The crib body is supported upon the legs S at the corners thereof and having suitable casters 9 in their lower ends, said legs being braced by the connecting and bracing strips 10, as will be clearly understood by referring to the drawing.

Positioned upon the upper edge of the frame members l and 2 forming the body of the crib are the cover sections l1 and 12. The section 11 is preferably permanently secured in position while the section 12 is hinged to the section 1l as will be later more fully described. The section 11 consists of end members 13, the main portions of which extend vertically from one corner vof the body of the crib and have their lower ends extended horizontally and positioned upon the top rail of one of the end sections vof the body of the crib, said horizontal portions extending for a short distance toward the opposite side of the crib body. The upper portion of each end member of the stationary section of the cover is directed upwardly at an angle, as shown at 15 above the lower portion 1li. The. Ytree extremities ot the portions 1-1- and 15 oit' each member 13 are connected by a stationary vertical bracing strip 13 and the space between the member 1G and the vertical portion of the member 13 and between the upper and lower ends 15 and 14 respectively is lilled by a section of wirev mesh 1T. lt will be understood that the members 13 are positioned at opposite ends of the crib. rlfhe vertical portions of the end members 13 are connected by the rectangular trame 13 positioned therebetween and having its rails connected by a wire mesh section 19 while the inclined portions 15 ot the end portions 13 are connected by a second rectangular trame 2O having the space within its rails occupied by a wire mesh section 21. It will be understood that the upper and lower rails respectively of the rectangular :trames 18 and 2O are positioned adjacent one another and are covered by the angle plate 22 secured over the same and extending longitudinally thereof, thereby closing the space between these rails and preventing flies or other insects from finding their way between the rectangular frames 18 and 20.

The. second section 12 comprises end members 23 the vertical portions of which extend upwardly from the remaining corners of the crib and are connected by a frame member 24 having the space between its rails occupied by a wire mesh section 25 which has its edges secured to the rails as will be clearly understood. The space between the end members 23 and the vertical bracing strips 37 of the movable cover section are occupied by wire mesh sections 26, as clearly shown in 1, the edges oi the wire mesh sections being secured to said end members 23 and vertical bracing strips 37. The lower horizontal. portions 2G of the e'nd members of the second or hinged section of the cover also restupon the upper rails of the end members 1 oi' the body of the crib and are of such length as to overlap the free ends ot the horizontal portions 14e of the end members 13, it being understood that the end members 13 are positioned slightly inwardly of the end members 23, the purpose of which will pr sently be apparent. Pivot pins 2T are engaged through the overlapped ends of the horizontal portions 26 and 14 of the end members 23 and 13 respectively. The end members 23 are inclined upwardly and in-A wardly, as shown at 23 from the upper ends ot the vertical portions of said members for a limited distance and are then directed horizontally, as shown at 29. The inclined portions 23 of the end members 23 are connected by the frame member 30 having its central or main portion composed of a section of wire mesh 31 and the upper hori- 34 is engaged over the adjacent longitudinal rails of the frame members 24 and 30 while a second angle plate 35 is engaged over the adjacent longitudinal rails oit the trame members 30 and 32 to close the space between the trame members. The remaining longitudinal edge of the frame member 32 lhas one angle of an angle plate 36 secured to its upper faces while the opposite angle of said angle plate is free and rests upon the y adjacent longitudinal rail of the trame member 20 of the stationary cover section when the movable section is in closed position. The upper and lower portions of the end members 23 of t-he movable cover section are braced by the vertical bracing strips 37 having their lower ends secured to the lower horizontal portions 26 and their ends secured to the upper horizontal portions 29 ot said end members.

It will be readily seen that when the movable cover section 12 is in closed position, the lower horizontal portions 26 of the end members 23 and the lower rail ot the frame member 2st rest upon the upper rails of the :trame members 1 and 2 respectively of the body of the crib and as each and every frame member has its main or central portion composed of a section of wire mesh or the like and as the angle plates are provided for closing` the space between the frame members of the cover sections, the infant will be protected from iiies and other insects. l/Vhen desired, however, the movable cover section 12 may be readily swung` to open position upon the pivot pins 27, the movable section 12 swinging to position over the stationary cover section 11.

From the foregoing, it will be readily apparent that the parts of this crib are of extremely simple construction and as all of the parts may be made of material of extremely light weight, the entire crib will be light in weight and may be readily and cheaply mamitactured and will be highly eilicient and sanitary in use.

TWhile I have shown the preferred form of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in the details of construction may be made within the scope ot the. appended claim without departing from the spirit of my invention.

That l claim is:

A canopy comprising a stationary screened cover section, a screened movable cover section positioned upon the stationary cover section and slightly overlapping,` the same, said movable cover section being hinged to the lower portion of the stationary Cover section and adapted to swing over the In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my same to substantially horizontal position, signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

and means secured to the upper overlapped edge of the movable cover section and rest- WILLIAM H' SEKRIT' ing upon the adjacent portion of the sta- Witnesses: t tonary cover section to close the space be- A. L. SAUTTER, 'l tween said cover sections. WM. KRUEGER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

